There are traumas generated by the cinema that are never overcome. One of them is the uncertainty generated by the death of Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) in titanic and the eternal debate of its survival. While some say that the character could have been saved if only Rose (Kate Winslet) had given him a piece of board, many others believe that if he was on top, the piece of wood would have sunk with both of them. While the fierce battle is still the subject of conversations at family parties, social networks and other important events, now James Cameron is willing to settle this debate forever.
The director is in the middle of promoting his new film, Avatar: The Path of Water. But that is not an impediment for the international press to resume conversations that are still on the surface even 25 years after its origin. titanic It hit theaters in 1997 and became one of cinema’s greatest romantic epics. However, the ending is still bittersweet and rather than accept the reality of a tragedy, the audience still looks for ways to get around it.
For all of the above, Jack’s death in titanic it will be tested to audiences with an experiment and a special documentary. James Cameron recently confirmed it (via) and hopes that all the relevant information in this regard included in the special can heal the wounds of the audience and put an end to a debate that has plagued him for a quarter of a century.
“We’ve done a thorough forensic analysis with a hypothermia expert who reproduced the raft in the movie and we’re going to do a little special on it that’s coming out in February,” he said. “We hired two doppelgangers who had the same body mass as Kate and Leo and we put sensors all over the inside of them and dunked them in ice cold water. So we checked if they could have survived by various methods and the answer was that there was no way for both of them to survive. Only one could survive.”
However, beyond the reasoning from the point of view of physics, the reality is that the character had to die. Cameron also confessed that part of the charm of the film and the journey of the characters was experiencing death. Jack had to go no matter what.
No, I needed to die. It’s like Romeo and Juliet,” she explained. “It is a film about love, sacrifice and mortality. Love is measured by sacrifice.”
The special will be available during the next month of February on National Geographic. The date will coincide with the re-release of the film in theaters during Valentine’s Day. Cameron hopes that as a result of this short documentary, he may be able to put to sleep an issue that has haunted him for 25 years.
Meanwhile his new film, after 13 years of absence, is Avatar: The Path of Water. It came to theaters on December 14 with the support of critics. You can read what Cine PREMIERE thinks of the long-awaited sequel by clicking here.
Luis Angel H. Mora My most stable relationship is with the movies, parties and music. I love writing about cinema, meeting new people and sharing ideas. Idealistic in every way, I guess that’s my Ascendant Aquarian trait.